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    particular- if you know what I mean.’” (pg 174, Dahl). “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl creates suspense and foreboding with Billy Weaver, a seventeen year-old businessman, looking for a place to stay when he comes to Bath, England around nine o’clock in the evening. On Billy’s way to the Bell and Dragon, a pub, he spots a illecebrous Bed and Breakfast which his eyes get transfixed by. He enters the strange house to be greeted by a dotty debilitated lady. Roald Donald creates suspense and foreboding with

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    Sentence: • Women are seen as lacking in many aspects by society whose views on women are rigid, stereotypical, and belittled- thus, women are seen as lesser than or inferior to men Thesis: • In the short story Lamb to the Slaughter, the author, Roald Dahl, uses irony and allusions to represent women, illustrating the notion that their capabilities are often underestimated. In society, women are stereotyped and commoditized, and as a result, are portrayed and identified under degrading labels; unconsciously

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    looked out the window and he blew something in the window with a big trumpet thing. The giant seen her and grabbed her out of her bed and toke her back to giant country and told her why he took her from her home and they are friends now. The BFG, by Roald Dahl is a book that about a girl that taken by the bfg and even though that he took her that they can still be friends no matter what. The BFG is represented in the story as a brave person because on page 74 it says “ The other giants spread out quickly

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    clearly denoted that women are weaker creatures. Notwithstanding, based on the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” written by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney, a typical housewife murders her husband and creates a false impression to the polices to get rids of the suspicious. In addition, women’s ability can be seen in the story “The Way Up to Heaven” also written by the same author, Roald Dahl. In the story, although Mr Foster knows that his wife is a nervous woman who had pathological fear of missing transport

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    anxiousness, aka suspense. This practice of foreshadowing causing suspense was displayed in the story, The Landlady by Roald Dahl. The story is about a young man, Billy, who stays in a Bed and Breakfast run by a peculiar and dotty lady, who acts and says a lot of weird and quirky actions and statements, and Billy’s reactions to those various statements and actions. Throughout the story, Roald Dahl foreshadows future events in the

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    Roald Dahl uses various writing techniques in the horror short story, “The Landlady,” to build suspense, or the uncertainty or anxiety that a reader will feel about what may happen next in a story, novel, or drama. In this short story, the protagonist, Billy Weaver, a young, handsome seventeen-year-old, traveled from London to Bath, due to work, and looks for accommodation. Eventually, he came across a quaint bed and breakfast owned by a landlady who appeared to be generous. The landlady portrayed

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    Book Review: The BFG by Roald Dahl I. Introduction “You can write anything for children as long as you’ve got humor” says by Roald Dahl, the author of The BFG which especially written for the children. Roald’s other works related to the children are most compost of naughty and humorous conversation. The BFG is one of Roald’s famous work that have been made a movie. It is about the two different world, the Giants and the humans. The book indicates different culture, values and beliefs between the

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    The short story “Poison” is by Roald Dahl that was originally published in June 1950 in Collier’s. This story is misunderstood by so many people thinking that the whole story was about the issue between men and the Krait on Harry’s stomach but it never was about that conflict but instead it was the symbolize of the whole story. The “poison” that they speak about so much wasn’t the poison of the snake but actually it is racism. Harry only tolerates Dr. Ganderbai while he is helping him stay alive

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    Ray Bradbury and Roald Dahl are writers and they are a little alike. They both do poems like Ray Bradbury did “ A Bike Repairmen” and “Death of only Loneliness”. Roald Dahl did “Cinderella” and “Little Red Riding Hood”. They also do Children books, “ I Came from Outer Space” and “Fever Dream”. Some of Roald Dahl’s children books are “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory” and “ The BFG”. Ray Bradbury has more than Roald dahl does like “Dandelion Wine”, “ The Veldt”, and “Fever Dreams.” They both write

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    Landlady The story Landlady written by Roald Dahl is a very interesting and suspenseful story. The main character is a boy named Billy who has travelled to Bath on a business trip. He searches for a place to stay in and through the guidance of a porter Billy is told to go to Bell and Dragons. On his way to the Bell and Dragons, Billy finds a Bed and Breakfast and decides to stay there. The owner of the Bed and Breakfast knew as the landlady is portrayed to be the antagonist of the story. Throughout

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